Background Risk factors represent a range of complex variables associated with the onset,
development, and course of eating disorders. Understanding these risk factors is vital for the …

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The current COVID‐19 pandemic has created a global context likely to increase eating
disorder (ED) risk and symptoms, decrease factors that protect against EDs, and exacerbate …

Background Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the only eating disorders included in
the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019, yet binge …

Background Understanding of the epidemiology and health burden of eating disorders has
progressed significantly in the last 2 decades. It was considered one of seven key areas to …

ABSTRACT Background Eating disorders (EDs) lead to multiple psychiatric and somatic
complications and thus constitute a major public health concern. Objectives The aim of this …

Objective Currently, there is debate in the eating disorders field regarding how to define
atypical anorexia (AAN), how prevalent it is in community and clinical settings, and how AAN …

Characterized primarily by a low body-mass index, anorexia nervosa is a complex and
serious illness, affecting 0.9–4% of women and 0.3% of men,–, with twin-based heritability …

Evidence-based clinical guidelines represent an important step toward the dissemination
and implementation of evidence-based treatments into clinical practice. Despite advances in …

The stereotype that eating disorders (ED) primarily present among individuals of higher
socioeconomic status (SES) has long persisted in popular and professional perception. This …